Traditional wax art since the 70s: Hand-painted candles, lace-painting technique, nature motifs and historical workshop shots from our archive.
Our workshop has a long tradition. Since the mid-1970s, nature motifs have accompanied us – especially trees from different landscapes and seasons.
Our gallery of past works is currently being revisited, updated, and digitized step by step. In doing so, we are rediscovering many pieces that were created over decades and have retained their appeal to this day.
Hand-painted candles in the Mal-Spitzt technique. By Claudia Ihl and Charley Ihl.
In the 1980s, we developed a special working method in-house that was even patented: the so-called Mal-Spitzt technique.
Hot, liquid wax was applied by hand and partly finely sprayed. This created lively skies, lighting moods, fog, and landscapes directly on the surface of the candle.
Every candle was unique.
Many of these motifs show world trees – symbols of the seasons, connection to nature, and the rhythm of the sun and moon.
Continued development to this day. Do you recognize the weather candles from back then?!
Today, our motifs continue to be created entirely by hand. The trees and landscapes are crafted from fine wax and applied to the outside of the candle blank.
The backgrounds are reminiscent of watercolors: shimmering color gradients, aurora borealis-like moods, skies in the morning or evening light – in winter as well as in summer.
The visual language has remained the same over the decades: nature-oriented, calm, and timeless.
Which motifs should be brought back?
Over the years, a large collection of tree and nature motifs has been created.
That is why we would like to involve our customers:
Which motifs do you remember particularly well? Which ones would you like to see in the range again?
Your feedback helps us decide which pieces from the archive may be created again.
Your candle makers Claudia & Dinah with the team
P.S.: After the report on Bavarian Radio about us, the Candlemas season, and Weidenberg generated so much positive response – both from you and from us :) – we are now in the process of digitizing our photo and video archive from the beginnings of the candle workshop to the present day.
In the process, a special document has also resurfaced: A video in which Claudia Ihl, together with the entire workshop, was a guest on the ZDF format "Fernegarten im Winter".
This piece of history is currently being prepared and should be shown again soon. Until then, we have to make do with pictures ;)